浙江办泥地球赛 A ball game was played in the mud

A ball(球) game(比赛) was played in the mud(泥) to celebrate(庆祝) the harvest(丰收), on Sunday in Jinhua, Zhejiang province.

The event belongs to the Dry Pond Festival – a carnival(盛会) for fishermen(渔民) to dry up(抽干) local ponds(池塘) and harvest all the fish(鱼) in it, but also to dredge(清淤) and clean(清扫) the ponds for the next year.

词汇 Words:

[qiú] 球 ball
[bǐ sài] 比赛 game
[ní] 泥 mud
[chí táng] 池塘 pond
[yú] 鱼 fish
[fēng shōu] 丰收 harvest
[shèng huì] 盛会 carnival
[yú mín] 渔民 fisherman
[qìng zhù] 庆祝 celebrate

重点词汇 Key word:

球 <名词 n.>

• any round object; ball
  E.g. Xuě qiú yuè gǔn yuè dà。
  雪球越滚越大。
  A snowball gathers as it goes on. 

• earth; global
  E.g. Dì qiú wéi rào tài yáng zhuàn。
  地球围绕太阳转。
  The Earth rotates round the sun. 

• ball (usually used in the games)
  E.g. Tā jìn le yì qiú。
  他进了一球。
  He scored a goal.